Decoded: The Lost Symbol
Tony Robinson examines Dan Brown’s fictional tale in Channel 4’s “Decoded: The Lost Symbol”.
(via Chris Hodapp)
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Musée de la Franc-Maçonnerie
Interesting news about the museum of the Grand Orient de France (via OVN)
The Museum of the Grand Orient de France in Paris will formally change it’s name to Museum of Freemasonry: Musée de la Franc-Maçonnerie, in February 2010. The museum, which will then reopen after extensive renovations, will become part of the Museums of France recognized by the Ministery of Culture.
New working paper on Japanese freemasonry
The working paper, Miss Pauline Vera Chakmakjian’s The Fiftieth Anniversary of The Grand Lodge of Japan (1957-2007), is now available on the website of the Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism.
Japan is a country about which relatively little is known as regards masonic participation, and this paper provides an overview of the activities of The Grand Lodge of Japan, which was formed in 1957. The paper not only emphasises and expands on key points from an earlier paper by the same author, ‘Seeking Enlightenment: Initiation and Ritual of Oriental Candidates’, delivered at the 2005 Canonbury Conference (printed in The Canonbury Papers: Volume 4. London, 2007), but also brings to light the more recent involvement of Freemasonry with one of the chief aims and objectives of the fraternity – charity.
I had the pleasure of hearing Miss Chakmakjian speak on Japanese indigenisation of Masonic ritual at this years International Conference on the History of Freemasonry in Edinburgh. Her research deals with complex and often challenging issues, and I would strongly suggest to anyone who is interested in masonry to follow her work.
New book from Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism
Freemasonry and Fraternalism in the Middle East, the first volume in the Sheffield Lectures on the History of Freemasonry and Fraternalism series, is now available. For details of how to purchase the book please visit the Centre’s website.
Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction : Andreas Önnerfors
- List of Contributors
- French Pre-Masonic Fraternities, Freemasonry and Dervish Orders in the Muslim World : Thierry Zarcone
- Early Freemasonry in Late Ottoman Syria from the Nineteenth Century Onwards – The First Masonic Lodges in the Beirut Area : Dorothe Sommer
- The Star in the East: Occultist Perceptions of the Mystical Orient : Isaac Lubelsky
- Freemasonry and the Constitutional Revolution in Iran: 1905-1911 : Mangol Bayat
- Ottoman Freemasonry and Laicity : Paul Dumont
- Postlude : Andreas Önnerfors
Masonic Periodicals online
An important announcement from The Library and Museum of Freemasonry via The Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism…
The Library and Museum of Freemasonry in London has been working with the Computing Unit at Kings College London on a project to digitise English Masonic periodicals. Funding has been provided by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons.
A pilot project covering 5,450 pages based on the following titles and periods has now been launched
- Freemasons’ Monthly Magazine (1855-1856)
- Freemasons’ Magazine and Masonic Mirror (1856-1858)
which you can access on the following site: http://mpol.cch.kcl.ac.uk/.
This is a pilot project that will be running till the end of April in order to obtain feedback for a larger project in the future.
The site also contains two wonderful introductions to Masonic periodicals by Rebecca Coombes and Aubrey Newman. Enjoy!
